Type-writing machine.



0. PBTERMANN. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED sulla, 1910.RENEWED SEPT. ze, 1914.

1,121 ,034. Patented Dee. 15,1914.

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E ummunm SVI/vamo@ Olio Peter/naam r 0. PETERMANN. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.APPLICATION FILED SEPT. l5, 1910. RENEWED SEPT.29,1914. QLQM PatentedDee. 15,1914.

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0. PETERMANN.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

EWBD SEPT.29,1914.

1,121 ,O34o Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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APPLICATION FILED SBPT.15,1010. REN

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OTTO PETERMANN,

or Gno'roiv, New YORK,

ASSIGNOR TO CORONA TYPEWRT'E'E COMLPANY, INCORPOMTEI), A CORPORATION OFNEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ENSURE? Patented Dec. 15, 191e.

,application led September 15, 1910, Serial No. 582,213. Renewed.September 29, 1914. Serial No. 864,191.

. and State. of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Type- Writing lilachines, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

rlhis invention relates more particularly to a visible, frontstriketypewriter in which the carriage is adapted to be moved or shifted intocompact relation to another part of the machine when not in use.

The main object ofthis invention is to provide simple means whereby thecarriage and platen may be shifted into compact relation to another partof the machine and at 'the rear thereof, instead of forwardly, so thattheheight of the machine is materially reduced from that of the positionassumed b v the carriage when in use, thus making the machine compactand better adapted for transportation purposes.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient meanswhereby the carriage may be held in its normal position for use., andwhich may be quickly shifted into compact relation to the frame of themachine. i

A. further object of the invention is to provide a separable support bywhich the carriage may be locked when in its normal position and whichmay be readily released to adapt the carriage and means mounted on thesupport to be lowered to a plane below the upper surface of the frame ofthe machine.

`With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particu larly described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, and'will then bepointed out in thcclaims at the end of the description.

ln the drawings` Figure 1 is a side eleva-K tion, partly broken away andpartly in sec-il tion, of one form of machine embodying my invention.Fig. 9. is a similar 'view to Fig. l. except that the carriage is shownin the shifted and compact position when not in use. Fig. 3 is a planview of the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2.

chine` showing the platen and carriage in and Fig. 5 is a parat eachside of the frame,

Fig. 4 is a' longitudinal section of a part of the ma-` tial perspectiveview, showing how the ends of parts of the shiftable support may be heldtogether and one means for elevating the saine. o

lhile the invention is shown as applied to a particular form oftypewriting machine, it will be understood that the said invention maybe applied to machines of various constructions, and that in thedrawings and description only those parts of the machine are shown orreferred to which assist in properly understanding the invention.

The frame 10 may be of any suitable form and extending transversely ofthe frame between the sides thereof are rods 11 on which may be mountedthe key-levers 12 having ,keys 12 forming a part of a universal keyboardThese key-levers may be connected by the links 1Qb to operate rearwardand upwa rdly moving type-bars 12C and suitable escapement mechanism,not shown, all of which may be of the usual or of any preferredconstruction.

'The upper part of the frame may be straight, as at 13, and adapted torest in one of its positions upon this straight portion of the frame isa member 14 of a shiftable support 15. There are two members 14 one andsaid members are bar-like in form and are each connected to avertically-movable bar, slide or rod 16 which is slidingly held in apost 17 arranged at each corner of the frame. These bars 16 may beconnected by a transversely extending rod, as 18, to which is held oneend of an arm 19, the latter being carried by a rod 20. As the rod 20 isrocked, the arm 19 will be raised and this will serve to elevate thesupport 15 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 4,the said rod 2O being connected with any suit able form of shiftmechanism by which the `same may be moved, though any means may beemployed to elevate or to shift the support instead of that shown.

A bar-like member 21 is held to each niember 14 of the support and thesemembers are adapted to slide lengthwise of the members and are heldthereto in such a way that when the members 14 are elevated, the saidmembers 21 will also have a similar movement. Fiach member 21 isprovided with a slot 2v2 extending lengthwise thereof and has its outerend adapted to lit into an opening, as

Q3, corresponding in size and shape to the end 2l of each member 2l andthis opening is formed by a band-like device, clip or bracket secured tothe inner end of each of the members ll and projecting to one sidethereof. l'Vhen the members Z1 are moved or shifted to enter the opening23 of the device Q5, the said members ll and Q5 are held together andwill move in unison so that the said support may be properly moved bythe platen shift mechanism to adapt upper and lower case type as well asfigures .to be employed as is usual in typewriting machines. The members2l of the support have the carriage bed Q6 secured thereto and mountedto move lengthwise of said bed is a carriage 27 on which is mounted aplaten 28 in any suitable manner and under the carriage bed and thesupporting members 2l. is a plate 29. rllhe slotJ :22 of each member hasa screw, pin or fastening device 30 passing therethrough, one end ofwhich screw is held to the member lei and the other end has its headlarge enough to hold the member 2l to its cooperating member l-l. Theshank of each screw serves as a guide or runner for the member 2l and asa pivot therefor, 'and each slot inclines downwardly and has a recessedor deflected portion, as 3l, at one end so that when the members 2l areforced inward, as shown in Figs. l and 4, the shank of the screws 30will enter said recessed parts 3l which will serve to prevent theaccidental rearward movement of the arms 2l, but which will permitrearward movement of the arms by slightly raising the members 2l.

.As will be. seen when the members 2l are released from the clip ordevice Q5, the screws or fastening devices 30 will serve as pivots forthe arms or members 21, so that the carriage, platen and parts mountedon the hed or supporting members 21 may be folded downwardly to theposition shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3. in this position, theheight of the machine is materially reduced and the carriage and platenare moved rearwardly into compact relation to the frame and until theprotecting plate 29.

engages the rear thereof, thus better' adapting the machine fortransportation purposes and also permitting the work sheet to be movedto a position where it cannot be readily seen or the matter thereon readif it is desired that this be done. it will also be seen that the armsmay be readily shifted into parallel relation with the members li of thesupport in order that the platen may be made to assume its normalposition for printing purposes, and to present the appearance of a largemachine.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that simple and ecient means areprovided whereby the platen, carriage and other parts may be moved orshifted into compact relaiaaaaaa tion with another part of the machine;that simple means are provided whereby the carriage may be positivelyheld in its normal position or that in which the platen is in positionfor writing purposes; and that Said carriage when in its normal positionis adapted to be shifted in such a way that each of the type-heads maybe made to have several characters thereon. l A* Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:-

l. In a typewriter, the combination with@ frame, of a support having apluralit .of members, certain of which have'a sli aie relative movementwith respect to the others from the front toward the rear of the machineand adapted to be pivotally held at the end of such sliding movementonly to swing downward and rearwardly, and a carriage mounted upon theslidable members to adapt the carriage to be moved into compact relationto another part of the machine when not in use.

2. In a typewriter, the combination with a frame, of a support having aplurality of members, certain of which have a slidable relative movementwith respect to the others from the front toward the rear of the machineand carrying pivoting means therewith to limit such sliding movement andto per-v mit Athe members to swing downward and rearwardly, and acarriage mounted upon the slidable members to adapt the carriage to bemoved into compact relation to another part of the machine when not inuse.

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a vertically movablesupport, a carriage located above the support in its normal position,and means whereby the carriage may be moved rearwardly andvdownwardlyaway from its normal working position and entirely below the to of theframe into lcompact relation to anot er part of the machine when not inuse. Y

fi. in a typewriting machine, the combination of a movable support, acarriage, and

means whereby the carriage may be moved l rearwardly and downwardlybelow the top A part of the machine when not in use.

6. In a typewriter, the combination with a frame, of a two-part support,key-operated type, a platen mounted on said support and normally in thepath of the type, and

rispose means 'whereby the platen and a part or" the support may bemoved rearwardly and downwardly entirely below the upper part ot thetrame away from the path of the type and into compact relation to therear part of the trame when not in use.

7. ln a typewriter, the combination with a trame, et' a verticallymovable support, a

laten mounted on said support and located above the same when in use,and means whereby the platen .may be folded rearwardly and downwardlybelov1 the top of -the trame into compact relation to another part ofsaid frame when not in use.

8. ln a typewriter, the combination with a hamm-of Va carriage normallysupported above the frame when in use, and means for moving the carriagebelow the top of the frame into compact relation to another part Yof thetypowriterwhen not in use.

l9. ln a typewriter, the combination with a trame, of a two-partsupport, a carriage mounted on one part of the support, and meanswhereby the carriage may e moved rearwardly and downwardly with one artot the support entirely below the top o the trame and into compactrelation to the rear oit the frame when not in use and the other part ofsaid support being ada ted to rest directly on the frame in one o itsnormal positions.

l0. ln a typewriter, a frame, of a support the combination with having aplurality of -members certain of which are horizontally movable withrelation to lthe others and adapted to be pivotally supported at the endof such movement, devices for holding the members togetherin one oftheir positions, and a carriage mounted on the slidingly and pivotallysupported members.

ll. in a typewriter, the combination with a trame, of a support, saidsupport having; slidingly and pivotally held members, a bed carried bythe pivotally held members, a carriage movable along the bed, a platenmounted in the carriage, and means whereby theplaten may be held abovethe trame when in its normal position and may be shifted rearwardly anddownwardly into compact relation to another part ot the Inachine whennot in use.

l2. ln a typewriter, the combination with a trame, oit a support, meansfor vertically moving said su ort, said support having .relatively movabe members, a carriage, a platen mounted in the carriage, and menne`whereby the carriage may be held above trame avhen in its normalposition and be shifted downwardly and rearwardly into compact relationto another part ot the ma chine 'when not in use. f

13. in a typewriter, the combination `with a trame having asubstantially straight upper edge., a support having members adapted torest upon said edge one upper edge,

` pivotally held to the `iirst-mentioned their positions, means `lorvertically elevatl ing said support, members pivotally and slidinglyheld on said iirst-nieutioned menibers and adapted to be movedrearwardly and downwardly at the rear of the frame, a carriage mountedand a platen held to the carriage.

14. In a typewriter, the combination with a trame having a substantiallystraight a support having members adapted to rest upon said edge in oneot their ositions, members pivotally and slidingly eld on saidinst-mentioned members and adapted to be moved rearwardly and downwardlyat the rear of the frame, a carriage mounted on the shiftable membersand a p aten held to the carriage.

15. ln a typewriter, the combination with a frame having a substantiallystraight upper edge, ot a horizontally arranged barlike member adaptedto rest along the upper edge of the frame at each side thereof, aholding device held at one end of each mernber, a fastening devicecarried by each ment ber, relatively movable having a longitudinallyextending slot through which the fastening devices pass and 'whichcoperate with the first-mentioned members, said relatively movablemembers havingl one end adapted to be engagged by the holding devicesand having their slots deflected at one end to serve`to hold saidmembers in relation when in normal position, means for shifting the armswhen in their normal position, a carriage movable on said arms, and alaten mounted in said carriage, whereby said carriage may be shiftedrearwardly and moved downward below the upper surface of the frame andinto compact relation thereto.

16. ln a typewriter, the combination with a frame having a substantiallystraight upper edge, ot a horizontally arranged barlilre member ada atedto rest along,l the upper edge of the il bandlike holding devices heldat one end ot said members, a fastening 'device carrie by each member,relatively movable bar-like members having longitudinally extendingslots through which the fastening devices pass to slidingly andpivotally hold the members together, said relatively movable membershaving one end adapted to be engaged by the holding,- devices andliavinp,r their slots deflected at one end to serve to .hold the armsin. substantially parallel rela i when in normal position, a carriage'arable on said arms, and a platen mounted :in said carriage.

iti. 'in a typewriter, the combination with frame, of support havinghorizontally arranged. members, members slidingly and bers and adaptedtobe shifted rcarwardlyv and downwardly thereon,

on the shiftable members,.

bar-like members E substantially parallel' rame at each side thereoi',

and carriage ff' mounted on the second arms and shiftable therewith.

18. InV a typewriter, the combination of a frame, a horizontallyarranged bar-like member located at each side thereof, a holding .deviceheld at one edge, a screw forming a fastening device carried by each`member, relativel)7 movable bar-like members having alongitudinally-extendmg slot through which the fastening devices passand which coperate with the first-mentioned members, said relativelymovable members having one end adapted to be engaged by the holdingdevices and having their slots deflected atfone end to serve to hold thearms in substantially parallel relation when in normal position, and acarriage lmovable on saidrelatively movable members. f

19. In a typewriter, the combination with a frame, of a two-part supporthaving four bar-like members, ingly and pivotally like holding devicesheld to two of the members and adapted to engage the ends ofy theothers, and a carriage mounted on said slidingly and pivotally heldmembers.

20. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination ofa' frame,keys, t 'pe oper atively connected"to the keys, a ,ertically movablecarriage located above they frame in its normal position, 'a platenmounted in said carrier, and, means whereby the carriage 'Amay bemoved*`"rearward and downwardly t0 a point entirely below the uppersurface of the franieut of the path of movement of the typemand. intocompact relation to anotherpaitwff lthe machine when not in use.

21. In a visible typewriting machine, the combinationv 'of a frame;keys, type operatively connected to the keys, 'acarriage located abovethe frame in its normal positici., a platen mounted in said carriage,and me: as whereby the carriage may be moved real ward to a pointentirely below the upper surface of the frame. out of the path ofmovement of the type and into compact Vvrelation to another part of themachine when not in use and without disturbing the relation between thetype and keys.

22. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a frame,key-levers forming a part of a universal keyboard, type-bars operativelyconnected to the key-levers, a carriage support having a plurality ofmembers, certain of which have a slidable relative 'movement withrespect to the others from the front toward the rear of the matwo ofwhich are slidheld to the others, bandf .t/ion of the type-bars and pathof movement of the type-bars withoutr disturbing the relation of theltype-bars and key-levers.

23. In a yfront-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a frame,key-levers forming a part of a universal keyboard, typebars operativelyconnected to the key-levers,

a vertically movable carriage support also having a slidable movementalong the frame from the front to the rear of the machine, means topermit the support to swing rearward and downwardly, and a carriagemounted upon the support to adapt the carriage to be moved below the topof the frame into compact relation to another part offthe machine when'the machine is not in us/e and out of the path of movement vof thetype-bars without disturbing the relakey-levers.

,f 24. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of aframe, keys forming a part of auniversal keyboard, type operativelyconnected to the keys, a vertically movable carriage support mounted onthe frame to have a'movement rearward and downwardly, and a carriagemounted upon the support to adapt the carriage' to be moved to anabnormal position into compact relation to another part of the machinebe- '9 path of movement of the typ-bars without l disturbing therelation between the typebars and the key-levers.

This specification signed and witnessed this 12th Aday of-September A.D; 1910.

OTTO PETERMANN. Witnesses LAURENCE J. CONGER, BRUCE Conesa.

